The Open-E Data Storage Software V6 (DSS V6) is a unified file and block storage management operating system (OS) that provides Network Attached Storage (NAS), iSCSI, InfiniBand and Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) functionality.

Open-E DSS V6 provides superior performance, security, and scalability at a fraction of the cost of alternative storage offerings. Advanced features of Open-E DSS V6 include Data and Volume Replication, Volume Snapshot, Automatic Failover for iSCSI Volumes, WORM and NDMP. Additionally, Open-E DSS V6 supports a wide variety of hardware RAID platforms from the industry’s leading names. The versatility of the Open-E DSS V6 also allows users to combine NAS systems with iSCSI SAN systems, and provides built-in virus protection, while enabling the connection of multiple Network Interface Controllers, including Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand. Open-E DSS V6 is easily downloaded to any hardware device for simplified access.

Open-E DSS V6 includes NAS and iSCSI functionality and advanced features such as:

• Installable on any media: internal HDD, RAID Array, USB, SATA and IDE DOM, or any other bootable media
• Enhanced Graphical User Interface
• NDMP v. 4
• Symantec Backup Exec backup agent (RALUS) to support versions 11, 12 and 12.5
• Basic API Configuration
• Improved random performance of iSCSI
• Windows Server 2008 Clustering Support (persistent reservation SCSI-3)
• Hardware RAID Support
• Automatic Failover for iSCSI Volumes
• Volume and Data Replication
• Asynchronous Volume Replication Over WAN
• Volume Snapshot
• iSCSI Initiator / iSCSI Target
• Backup Functionality
• WORM (Write Once Read Many) Support
• Shadow Copy of OS for System Update
• Multiple Network Interface Card (NIC) Support
• Network Bonding/Teaming
• Task Mechanism with Scheduling
• Network UPS Support
• Fibre Channel Support
• Multi-CPU Support
• IP-SEC

Minimum Hardware Requirements:

• x86 - compatible PC
• 1 GByte RAM
• CPU (1 GHz or faster are recommended)
• HDD (SATA, SAS, SCSI, ATA) / RAID / Fibre Channel / iSCSI Storage
• Network Interface Card (multi-cards 1Gb/s recommended for bonding)